Textile processing machine



Feb. 9, 1932.

J. H. SKITT 4 1,844,907

TEXTILE PROCESSING MACHINE Filed Sept. '7, 1929 INVENTR.

A TTORNEY Patented F eh. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE JAMES H.SKI'IT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO SMITH, DRUM 86COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIATEXTILE rnoonssme mom I Application filed September 7, 1929. Serial No.890,992.

The present invention relates to textile ma chines and more particularlyto the application of a liquid to textile material for dye ing,finishing, and other liquid treating operations.

Some of the objects of the present invention are to provide an improvedmachine for subjecting textile goods to a liquid treatment; to provideamore efficient and practical way of applying treating liquids totextile goods; to provide means for causing excess liquid to be directedagainst the material instead of falling directly into the main liquidtank; to provide means for applying liquid to textile material in theform of Thus the support 13 is held fast at the end which projectsbeyond the side of the tank while the-major portion thereof extendshorizontally above the open top of the tank loops, skeins hanks andother forms wherep in uniform and equal distribution of the liquid takesplace; to provide a device associated with a liquid applying means tovary the'position of material being treated with respect to the applyingmeans; to providea material shifting device including means fordirecting liquid to the material;

and to provide other improvements as will hereinafter appear.

' In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 rep resents a side elevation of atexnle processing machine embodying one form of the present invention;Fig. 2 represents a. section on line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 representsa plan of the support and certain associated parts.

Referring to the drawings one form of the present invention consists ofa tank 10 for holding a supply of liquid 11, such as dye,

finishing solution, or any other treating liquid, and is preferably ofopen top construction to-allow the material to enter the tank and hangsuspended above the treating liquid. In the present instance and by wayof example, the material shown is in the form of hanks of yarn 12 andmaybe of coarse material, such as wool or cotton, or of the finer grades ofmaterial, such as silk and rayons, all of which can be efiicientlytreated by' means of the present invention,

For suspending the hanks 12 Within the tank and with the lower endsthereof above the treating liquid 11, a tubular support 13 is mounted toextend transversely across the 10 in such a position that when the hanks12 are placed thereon the lower endswill a low the excess treatingliquid to return to the main supply. The hanks 12 can be freely placedon or removed from the support 13 since its outer end is unobstructedand therefore can be inserted through the loops of material to permitthe latter to be properly placed. In connection with the free end of thesupport 13 it will be noted that it is closed by a stationary hub 17having a flange 18 of greater diameter than the support 13 to therebyserve as a holding guide to prevent the hanks from improperly workingoff of the end of the support.

In order to deliver the treating liquid to that portion of the hankswhich rests upon the support 13 so that the individual skeins of material are separated and uniformly saturated while the excessliquid canrun down the skeins, the upper surface of the fixed support alsoprovided with one or more rows of perforations 20. and the lower surfacethereof also provided with one or more rows of perforations 21. In thepreferred form of the invention there are four rows of perforations 20lengthwise of the upper surface and three rows of perforationslengthwise of the lower surface. and the arrangement is such that therows 20 discharge liquid directly against the material while the rows 21indirectly deliver the liquid to the material. The fixed end of thesupport 13 is connected to and communicates with a pipe 22, here shownas vertically disposed and terminatingat its lower end in a connection23 with the discharge end of a pump 2 A valve 25 may be mounted upon theend of the pipe 22 for drain purposes as pipes to the support 13 andfrom whence it is discharged by way of the perforations 20 and 21.

For the purpose of changing the position of the hanks 12 with respecttothe support 13 as occasion demands, a rotatable shifting means isprovided consisting, in the present instance, of a rigid plate element27 radially disposed with respect to the support 13 and extendingsubstantially the length thereof. One end of this element 27 isconnected to a plate 30 which is supported and journalled upon a bearingstud 31 which is threaded into the hub 17 in coaxial relation with thesupport 13, while the other end of the element 27 is connectedto a plate32 formed as an integral extension of the hub 33 of a worm gear 34. Thisgear 34 is journalled for free rotation upon a sleeve 35 fixed to thesupport 13 and having a flange 36 which serves as a guide abutment forthe hanks 12 at the opposite end of the support 13 from the flange 18.Motion is transmitted to the worm gear 34 by a worm shaft 37 extendinglengthwise of the machine and supported by bearing brackets 38 fastenedto the frame 15. This shaft 37 can be arranged to operate as manysupports 13 as are used upon the machine. A collar 40 is fixed to thesleeve 35 by a set screw 41 to form with the flange 36 a channel inwhich the worm gear 34 travels. It will thus be seen that operation ofthe shaft 37 causes the element 27 to swing about the support 13 as anaxis to thereby lift one side of a loop of material toadvance the looprelative to the'support 13 so that anotli'er portion is brought intocontact with the support for direct treatment.

For the purpose of deflecting the liquid dis charged from theperforations 21, the element 27 is provided with a flange 42 positionedin close proximity to the support 13 and having the face 43 curvedconcentrically with the contour of the support .13. The spacing of theflange 42 from the support 13 is such as to provide a relatively'narrowclearance passage 44 through which the liquid can travel to dischargebeyond the side edges of the flange.

These edges arepreferably spaced from the suspended loops of material toallow excess liquid to drop to a lower level. This level is fixed by aplate flange 45 provided at the lower-part of the element 27 and extendsacross the space between the sides of the material loops to contacttherewith and. maintain them geparated while also at one side serving asa ing means when the element 27 is rotated.

It will thus be evident that the flange 45. is in position to interceptany liquid dripping from the flange 42 and cause it to flow laterallyagainst the material and give a supplemental treatment by liquid whichotherwise would return directly to the tank 10.

In the operation of the machine the hanks or other form of material arelooped about the support 13 so that the material is suspended within thetank 10. The pump 24 is now started and the treating liquid circulatedby way of the intake pipe 26, pump 24, connection 23, pipe 22 andsupport 13 from whence it is discharged by way of the perforations 20and 21, the former delivering the liquid directly against the materialwhile the latter delivers it against the deflector flange 42. Thepressure of the discharged liquid issuing from the perforations 20 issuch as to lift the skeins sufficiently to allow a film of thedischarged liquid to flow between the hanks and the support 13 and intothe individual strands of the yarn or other material as it is separatedby the discharge pressure. Thus there is acontinuous flow of treatingliquid from the perforations which coacts with the separated strands ofmaterial to give a uniform treatment throughout the body of thematerial. The liquid which is restricted in its flow through theperforations 21 by the face of the deflector flange 42 follows theclearance passage 44 and discharges laterally against the side of thematerial which hangs adjacent thereto. This supplements the action ofthe liquid discharged from the perforations 20 by again opening up theskeins to admit the liquid for treatment thereof and since the skeinsare hanging vertical the liquid will flow downward thereon toward thetank. Any liquid which drops directly downward from the sides of thedeflector flange 42 will be caught by the separating and lifting flange45 and since this is in contact with the material it will divert thisotherwise waste liquid to flow into and then downward of the skeins ofmaterial.

It will now be apparent that a complete unitary processing machine hasbeen devised for efficientlyand economically treating skeins of cotton,wool, silk, rayon or any other material in any other form by the use .ofa perforated support for supporting material and having associatedtherewith a relatively rotatable means for lifting the material at"predetermined intervals to change its position upon the support.Furthermore a more even and uniform treating of the material; takesplace due to the fact that provision is made for delivering the treatingliquid to the.

' material at several different places, each successive treatmentsupplementing that which has preceded. -A higher percentage of thecirculated liquid thus becomes effective for treating "purposes andreduces the amount which has to be recirculated.

While only a single form is shown in which this invention may beembodied, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited I toany specific construction, but might be applied to various forms withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my IIIVGIItlOH; I

claim: q

1. A textile processing machine comprising the combination of a supportarranged to suspend material to be treated, said material directlycontacting with said support, means to discharge a treating liquid uponsaid ma-, terial, supplemental discharge means for liquid to treat saidmaterial intermediate of its length, and an element normally locatedbelow said support and movable relative to said support for changing theposition of said material relative to said support.

2'. A textile processing machine comprising the combination of a supportarranged to suspend material to be treated, said support havingperforations in the top portion thereof opening against the supportedmat.e rial and perforations in the bottom portion thereof opening intothe space between suspended portions of said material, a deflectormounted in juxtaposed relation to said bottom perforations to causeliquid to be discharged laterally against said material,

means for introducing liquid into said support and an element movablerelative to said support for changing the position of said materialrelative to said support.

3. A textile processing machine comprising the combination of a supportarranged to suspend material to be treated, said support havingperforations in the top portion thereofopening against the supportedmaterial and perforations in the bottom portion thereof opening into'thespace between suspended portions of said materiahmeans for introducingliquid into said support, an element movable relative to said supportfor chang ing the position of said material relative to said support,and a deflector carried by said element and normally opposed to saidbottom perforations to cause liquid to be discharged laterally againstsaid material.

4. A textile processing machine comprising the combination of a tubularsupport having discharge outlets respectively at its top and bottom, a.deflector arranged opposite said bottom outlets, means for introducingliquid into said support under pressure to discharge throughsaid topoutlets against material suspended on said support and through saidbottom ,outlets against said deflector to be directed laterally againstsaid material, and means movable relative to said support for changingthe position of said material relative to said support.

5. A textile processing machine comprising the combination of a tubularsupport having discharge outlets respectively .at its top and bottom, adeflector arranged opposite said bottom outlets, and means for introducing 1i uid into said support under pressure to disc arge through saidtop outlets against 1 material suspended on said support and throughsaid bottom outlets against said deflector to be directed laterallyagainst said material.

6. A textile processing machine com rising the combination of a tubularsupport aving discharge outlets therein, means for in,- troducing liquidunder pressure into said support to discharge through said outletsagainst material suspended upon said support, and a material liftingdevice arranged to be swung about said support to change the position ofsaid material, said device having a part located to catch liquiddropping from said support 1and direct said liquid against said materia7. A textile processing machine compris-.

of Aug, 1929.

. JAMES H. SKITT.

